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...raised in 2004, and by the time the votes were counted found himself more than $2 million in debt. There's no reason to suspect that a race in 2010 will be any cheaper, Jennings said. With Democrats in power in Washington, competitive candidates like Mongiardo can expect a torrent of money, while Bunning's campaign war chest is lacking. With less than $200,000 raised for the 2010 race, even Bunning's supporters are concerned, according to Jennings. Experts say Bunning could still raise enough money; since McConnell's famed money machine was working overtime for his own campaign...
...fact that what began as a trickle of studies has become a torrent doesn't mean that everyone is happy, and many scientists will continue to have nothing to do with what they see as fluff. Still, the movable feast of institutes, academic treatises, self-help books, websites, healing centers and luxury spas with a spiritual bent grows steadily larger. Here is just a sampling of what's available...
...against promoting the use of an intelligence enhancer if it were risk-free and available to everyone. Imagine a legion of cancer researchers on smart drugs, racing toward a cure. Or how about a better class of Wall Street executives, blessed with improved thinking and wiser judgment? Considering the torrent of negative public responses to the Nature editorial, however, many Americans appear to regard enhancement as cheating, unnatural or a rationalization of drug abuse. But ask these bioethicists, and they'll say it's not cheating at all - as long as everyone has fair and free access...
...kind of back and forth, and there wasn’t really a time that they were dominating and we weren’t.”Harvard’s overall weakness in goals this season remains a mystery, especially compared with last year’s torrent of scoring. The team came back from a near-perfect season with 21 returning members, but is not churning out the same impressive victories.Vaillancourt insists that the Crimson has improved, and that there are other factors that need to be considered.“[You] have to think about the fact...
...Somalia Pirates Aim Higher With their capture of a colossal Saudi oil tanker on Nov. 15, Somali pirates seized their largest vessel yet amid a torrent of other hijackings in the Gulf of Aden, where there have been at least eight attacks in just the past two weeks. Pirates currently hold an estimated 17 vessels and some 300 crew for ransom. Some shipping firms are resorting to the long, costly route around Africa to avoid the gulf's dangerous waters...